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Authoritarian State to Control Karaoke Songs in China

Authoritarian regimes want maximum control over their population, especially in China. That now includes what karaoke songs in China are allowed at a karaoke venue.   Singing karaoke songs in China is a massive pastime and the country’s so-called ministry of culture is preparing to limit what people can sing during a night out with ...

Rory Karsten

Two girls singing karaoke in China.

China: More Than a Billion People, but Soon the World’s Loneliest Place

Loneliness is a growing problem across the world. But in China, the government’s unnatural one-child policy of the past decades has exacerbated the problem. Many experts feel that China will soon become the world’s loneliest place, beating neighbor Japan. Karaoke A 2017 study of about 10,000 Chinese people found that almost 25 percent of those ...

Max Lu

A crowded street in China.